Thank you, yes later in the day i did try and experiment with a little left foot braking but soon gave up as i needed to just concentrate on looking out the front window 😂😂 but you are right and i think i need to practice more in a safer environment rather than in a rally so i just might book into a rally school if funds allow. I am glad you enjoyed the video and for the advice as need all the tips and advice i can get
A great little video, captures the essence of your event very well. Yoko 032s are tricky in very wet and cold conditions, (hand cutting extra grooves would help in the damp). Also would advise checking/adjusting your camber settings (more negative, front and rear will give you more stability in those conditions) but it also depends on what rubber cones and dampers settings you are using. Final point: don't change too many things in one go, otherwise you won't know what's working. Best of luck
Thank you, not sure about the rules for cutting those tyres but I will defo look into it and maybe seeing what other mini rally driving crews use in the wet. Thank you for the advice with the camber - in the new year I will give it another alignment check and see if I can make any improvements - glad you enjoyed the video and again thanks for the advice we need as much as we can get.
Great event report Kev, saw your driving come on, especially keeping your toe in when it’s getting a swapper on! Noticed whenever you were chasing that BMW you were pushing harder… and he wasn’t getting away! I’ve got out recently at Cadwell and Donington… I’ll drop a link to one of my incar below…
Thanks mate - it's a big learning curve for me starting from autotesting and transitioning to high speed driving techniques with much higher consequences if it all goes wrong is proving challenging but enjoyable. I will watch your video now :)
that looks fantastic - wow I panicked when you slid towards the tunnel - i love the fact it is mixed surface and to watch your car control on the circuit was fascinating - I have always wanted to drive around Donington as back in the day (90s) I used to follow mini Miglia and touring cars and remember seeing Nigel Mansell crash into the bridge :o - so maybe one year we should have a go at this event in the mini - again thanks for sharing.
@ Mansell’s crash in the Mondeo was legendary! I’ve loved making the step up and the extra speed, you’ve just gotta go as fast as you are confident to, but you’ve gotta push to learn… I loved driving in the dark at Cadwell but my lights were nowhere near as good as yours… I’m gonna send you an email about Weber jetting by the way, I’d like to pick your brains…
It's been a while since I drove a Mini at the limit, but from what I recall: Mine was a little tail-happy in the wet from the rear being so light (and the rear geometry not really giving much camber to counter body roll) so it's imperative to enter a corner slow enough that you don't need to back off or feather the throttle while turning. It's an old design that really prefers an old driving style - brake straight, then turn in. Used the power to keep the rear in line and pull me through the curve...and if I needed to slow down after all (usually from either too high an entry speed, or by simply accelerating too quickly through the corner), I found it better to be prepared for the rear to break away the moment my foot eased off the throttle. I actually used to provoke the rear end a bit while I was poised to catch it - and by provoking it a little early, I ensured I had enough grip available to catch it again. (PS: in the dry, trail braking helped get the car to rotate, so it was the go-to technique for FWD cornering - but in the wet, over-rotation was the problem.) Rear tyres pressures were also critical in the wet. Balancing between higher pressures for water clearing and lower pressures to make the tyre soft enough to conform to the road surface better made all the difference. There's not much weight at the back to push the rear tyres into the blacktop, so aquaplaning at the rear always needed to be in the back of my mind. Dunno if any of this will help, as your setup is undoubtedly different to what I was running back in the day...but it's worth a try. Cheer, Kev - and keep it on the island, old son. 🍻😁
Oh my goodness, this info is priceless for a beginner like me and I believe I was going into corners too fast and only realising it when too late. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast needs to be my new mantra. Again thank you
@@TheGentlemensMotorRacingTeam BTW, 40:00 was a great catch. You can hear that you stayed steady on the throttle and steered out of it - and it straightened up like a charm. It feels counter-intuitive to get on the throttle when you're getting crooked, but it genuinely works well. Nice one! ☺
thank you so much and I am glad you enjoyed the video - genuinely I have no idea what ratio I am running - when I built the rally mini I bought a autocross mini just for the complete engine - so the old owner did not know and ovs I have no idea as I have not pulled it to bits - the engine was originally a metro turbo block and maybe the crown wheel is the same but it now has a straight cut gearbox so it all may be different - I am sure there is a way to find our without pulling it all to bits. anyway so please it has encouraged you to get the mini out of the garage
Do you have any advice for driving in the rain or suspension set ups that you would recommend - than please comment and let me know.
Great little video, plated diff and left foot braking is the key with FWD and especially the rain!
Thank you, yes later in the day i did try and experiment with a little left foot braking but soon gave up as i needed to just concentrate on looking out the front window 😂😂 but you are right and i think i need to practice more in a safer environment rather than in a rally so i just might book into a rally school if funds allow. I am glad you enjoyed the video and for the advice as need all the tips and advice i can get
A great little video, captures the essence of your event very well. Yoko 032s are tricky in very wet and cold conditions, (hand cutting extra grooves would help in the damp). Also would advise checking/adjusting your camber settings (more negative, front and rear will give you more stability in those conditions) but it also depends on what rubber cones and dampers settings you are using. Final point: don't change too many things in one go, otherwise you won't know what's working. Best of luck
Thank you, not sure about the rules for cutting those tyres but I will defo look into it and maybe seeing what other mini rally driving crews use in the wet. Thank you for the advice with the camber - in the new year I will give it another alignment check and see if I can make any improvements - glad you enjoyed the video and again thanks for the advice we need as much as we can get.
Great event report Kev, saw your driving come on, especially keeping your toe in when it’s getting a swapper on!
Noticed whenever you were chasing that BMW you were pushing harder… and he wasn’t getting away!
I’ve got out recently at Cadwell and Donington… I’ll drop a link to one of my incar below…
th-cam.com/video/Btyin68Vwts/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zTekJCZOW8VQ8T_O
Thanks mate - it's a big learning curve for me starting from autotesting and transitioning to high speed driving techniques with much higher consequences if it all goes wrong is proving challenging but enjoyable. I will watch your video now :)
that looks fantastic - wow I panicked when you slid towards the tunnel - i love the fact it is mixed surface and to watch your car control on the circuit was fascinating - I have always wanted to drive around Donington as back in the day (90s) I used to follow mini Miglia and touring cars and remember seeing Nigel Mansell crash into the bridge :o - so maybe one year we should have a go at this event in the mini - again thanks for sharing.
@ Mansell’s crash in the Mondeo was legendary!
I’ve loved making the step up and the extra speed, you’ve just gotta go as fast as you are confident to, but you’ve gotta push to learn…
I loved driving in the dark at Cadwell but my lights were nowhere near as good as yours…
I’m gonna send you an email about Weber jetting by the way, I’d like to pick your brains…
Great video kev, merry Christmas 🎅
cheers mate
It's been a while since I drove a Mini at the limit, but from what I recall:
Mine was a little tail-happy in the wet from the rear being so light (and the rear geometry not really giving much camber to counter body roll) so it's imperative to enter a corner slow enough that you don't need to back off or feather the throttle while turning. It's an old design that really prefers an old driving style - brake straight, then turn in. Used the power to keep the rear in line and pull me through the curve...and if I needed to slow down after all (usually from either too high an entry speed, or by simply accelerating too quickly through the corner), I found it better to be prepared for the rear to break away the moment my foot eased off the throttle. I actually used to provoke the rear end a bit while I was poised to catch it - and by provoking it a little early, I ensured I had enough grip available to catch it again. (PS: in the dry, trail braking helped get the car to rotate, so it was the go-to technique for FWD cornering - but in the wet, over-rotation was the problem.)
Rear tyres pressures were also critical in the wet. Balancing between higher pressures for water clearing and lower pressures to make the tyre soft enough to conform to the road surface better made all the difference. There's not much weight at the back to push the rear tyres into the blacktop, so aquaplaning at the rear always needed to be in the back of my mind.
Dunno if any of this will help, as your setup is undoubtedly different to what I was running back in the day...but it's worth a try. Cheer, Kev - and keep it on the island, old son. 🍻😁
Oh my goodness, this info is priceless for a beginner like me and I believe I was going into corners too fast and only realising it when too late. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast needs to be my new mantra. Again thank you
@@TheGentlemensMotorRacingTeam BTW, 40:00 was a great catch. You can hear that you stayed steady on the throttle and steered out of it - and it straightened up like a charm. It feels counter-intuitive to get on the throttle when you're getting crooked, but it genuinely works well. Nice one! ☺
Great video, wants me to get a Motorsport license and get my mini out of the garage! What diff ratio are you running?
thank you so much and I am glad you enjoyed the video - genuinely I have no idea what ratio I am running - when I built the rally mini I bought a autocross mini just for the complete engine - so the old owner did not know and ovs I have no idea as I have not pulled it to bits - the engine was originally a metro turbo block and maybe the crown wheel is the same but it now has a straight cut gearbox so it all may be different - I am sure there is a way to find our without pulling it all to bits. anyway so please it has encouraged you to get the mini out of the garage
sounds like you were just married! congrats! (dragging those cans behind you like that)